Hasty Treat - Turbolinks + Server Generated HTML + JS Sprinkles

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about turbolinks — what it is, how to use is, popular apps using is, and more!

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Show Notes

02:50 - What is turbolinks?

• Generate HTML on the server
• Send it over the ajax request
• Load it in the page

03:55 - Who is using Turbolinks?

• GitHub
• Basecamp
• Hey.com

05:24 - Turbo Links javascript browser bundle

• Intercepts any link click
• Fetches the page HTML

09:19 - JS Sprinkles

• Vanilla JS
• jQuery
• Stimulus
• Alpine JS

Links

• Turbolinks
• Syntax 254: Headless CMS Break Down & Roundup
• pjax
• Svelte
• Next.js

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